Fry Communications Customers Take Home 10 “Gold Book Awards”

Four of Fry Communications’ independent directory publishing customers were recently awarded a total of ten “Gold Book Awards” at the 2011 Annual Convention of the Association of Directory Publishers (ADP). The ADP presents the Gold Book Awards to the directory publisher that has attained the highest degree of excellence and achievement within a particular category.

Local Book Publishing, Inc., of Midway, UT, won First Place Awards in the following categories: Excellence in Print Directories: 25,000 and Under; Excellence in Print Directories: 25,001 to 50,000; and Excellence in Print Directories: 50,001 to 100,000. Local Book also won a Second Place Award for Excellence in Cover Design and Art: Print.

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company LTD won a Second Place Award for Excellence in Print Directories, 100,000 to 300,000; and Third Place Awards for Excellence in Print Directories, 25,000 and under; Excellence in Print Directories, 25,001 to 50,000; and Excellence in Cover Design and Art: Print.

The Go To Guide Telephone Directory, of Gunnison, CO, won a Second Place Award for Excellence in Print Directories, 25,000 and under.

Go Guide LLC, of San Antonio, TX, won a Second Place Award for Excellence in Print Directories, 25,001 to 50,000.

The Association of Directory Publishers (ADP) is the international trade association founded in 1898 to promote the establishment and maintenance of the highest standard of quality and service in directory publishing. ADP membership today includes more than 140 directory publishers who publish over 2,200 titles annually.

“We are honored to serve with leaders in independent directory publishing,” said Steve Jared, Director of Directory Sales. “Fry prides itself on providing top quality services to publishers of all sizes, and we are honored that our services have contributed to these awards. We will continue to support our directory publishing partners with unique print and technology services they need to be the best in this competitive area.”

For over 75 years, Fry Communications, Inc. (www.frycomm.com), Mechanicsburg, PA, has continually expanded and diversified to meet the needs of its customers from its campus in Mechanicsburg, PA. As one of the nation’s largest privately held integrated communications companies, Fry provides category-leading premedia, printing, distribution, direct mail, fulfillment, information publishing, publisher and marketing services to its growing customer base. Fry’s consultative approach, diverse resources, respected expertise, and surprising flexibility delivers unique solutions for information distribution in print, via direct mail, on the World Wide Web, and beyond.